World Heritage Site since 1983: Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair

Picture: Reinhard Eisele

World Heritage Site since 1983: Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair

Picture: Arno Balzarini/Keystone

World Heritage Site since 1983: The Convent of St Gallen

Picture: Martin Ruetschi/Keystone

World Heritage Site since 1983: Library at the Convent of St Gallen

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World Heritage Site since 2000: Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the market town of Bellinzona

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World Heritage Site since 2000: Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the market town of Bellinzona

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World Heritage Site since 2001: Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn mountain region

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World Heritage Site since 2001: Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn mountain region

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World Heritage Site since 2003: Monte San Giorgio

Picture: Karl Mathis/Keystone

World Heritage Site since 2003: Monte San Giorgio with its paleontological finds

Picture: Keystone/Martin Ruetschi

World Heritage Site since 2007: The Lavaux Vineyard Terraces overlooking Lake Geneva

Picture: Martin Ruetschi/Keystone

World Heritage Site since 2007: The Lavaux Vineyard Terraces overlooking Lake Geneva in winter

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World Heritage Site since 2008: Glarus Overthrust

Picture: Arno Balzarini/Keystone

World Heritage Site since 2008: Glarus Overthrust

Picture: Gaetan Bally/Keystone

World Heritage Site since 2008: Rhaetian Railway, Albula/Bernina, Landwasser viaduct

Picture: Lucyna Koch

World Heritage Site since 2008: Rhaetian Railway, Albula/Bernina, the circle viaduct near Brusio

Picture: Swiss-Image/Peter Donatsch

World Heritage Site since 2009: La Chaux-de-Fonds

Picture: A. Henchoz

World Heritage Site since 2009: Le Locle

A. Henchoz

World Heritage Site since 2011: 56 pile dwelling sites in Switzerland such as this example at Concise, next to Lake Neuchatel in canton Vaud.

Quality and quantity: Switzerland's Unesco world heritage sites.

Unesco, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, has currently around 9000 sites "of outstanding universal value" in more than 140 countries. There are 66 sites in Switzerland - 63 cultural (including 56 pile dwelling sites) and three natural.

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